Finally healthy, pitcher confident Yankees will choose him as No. 5 in their rotation

12:29 AM,
Mar. 24, 2014

Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda smiles as he warms up before Sunday's start against Toronto in Tampa, Fla.

Written by

Chad Jennings

There was something about the way Michael Pineda smiled on Sunday. He'd just battled through his worst start of the spring, and he knew it was his last chance to prove himself before the Yankees pick their fifth starter.

And Pineda stood at his locker, smiling.

"I'm doing my job," he said. "Every day, coming here to the field and working hard and continuing doing good at my job. I want to make it." ...